p. 1


# OAR Box 1112 Prepped byRyanDugan



### Document

Number: 

# 47 ) ll-C- 9 Docket Number: 

# A-83-2 2

Printed 4/16/20089:12:08AM

Sheet 47 of 97P. 2 

# A- S3-z^ - 

# •ft-c- 1

^ 0SB , 

# •SSS y *l PRC*rt«* ° UNITE D STATE S ENVIRONMENTA LPROTECTIO N AGENC Y Offic e o fAi rQualit yPlannin g an d Standard s Researc h Triangl e Park , Nort h Carolin a2771 1

May23 , 198 9

Mr . Edwi nH . Seege r Prather , Seeger , Doolittl e & Farme r 160 0 MStreet , N

W Washington , D.C . 2003 6 Dea r Mr . Seeger : Thi s i s i nrespons e t o you r letter s o f May16 , 198 9 t o Jef f Cohe nan

d t o Davi d Wei l concerning th e OAQP S draf t staf f pape r fo r lead an

d th e draf t supplemen t t o EPAai r qualit y criteri a fo r lead , respectively . Becaus e o f ou r desir e fo r ful l participatio no f al l intereste d parties , w e wil l hono r th e reques t tha t yo u mad e o n behal f o f th e Lea d Industrie s Association , Inc . (LIA ) fo r a n additiona l tw o wee k perio d i nwhic ht o submi t comment s o nth e tw o documents . W e loo k forward t o receiving LIA' s comment s o no r befor e Jun e 12 , 1989 . Sincerely , v-Ajoh n H . Haine s Ambien t Standard s Branc h cc : B . Flaa k L . Gran tP. 3

ALFRE D V
. J
. PRATHE R EDWI N H
. SEEGE R J
. WILLIA M DOOLITTL E THOMA S L
. FARME R LAWRENC E CONNEL L CAR LB
. NELSON , JR
. GAR YM
. WELS H D
. EDWAR D WILSON , JR
. KUR TE
. BLAS E GLORI AJ
. MYER S PRATHE HSEEGE RDOOLITTL E& PAHME H 160 0 M STREE:T , N
. W
. WASHINGTON , D
. C
. 2003 6 (202 ) 296-050 0
May16 , 198 9 VI AFEDERAL EXPRES S CABL E ADDRES S "PRALAW " TELE X7IO-822-S25 6 TELECOPIE R aoa-a96-233 9

AFFILIATE D WIT H BUCHANA N INGERSOL L PROFESSIONA L CORPORATIO N
Mr . Jef f Cohe n Offic e o f Ai r Qualit yPlanning an d Standards
- MD 1 2 U.S . Environmenta l Protectio n Agenc y Researc hTriangl e Park , N C 2771 1

Re : Draf t OAQP S Staf f Pape r Dea r Mr . Cohen :

O nbehal f o f Lead Industrie s Association , Inc . (LIA) , I respectfull yreques t a n extensio no f tw o weeks , unti l Jun e 12 , 1989 , o f th e deadlin e fo r commenting o n th e Draf t OAQP S Staf f Pape r fo r Lead se t b yth e notic e appearing a t 5 4 Fed . Reg . 14677 , Apri l 12 , 1989 . Areques t fo r th e same extensio nwit hrespec t t o Comment s o n th e Draf t Supplemen t t o th e Ai r Qualit yCriteri a fo r Lea d i s simultaneousl ybeing directe d t o th e Environmenta l Criteri a and Assessmen t Office .

Upo nreceip t o f th e Federa l Registe r notic e tha t Comment s woul d b e accepte d o n th e tw o documents , LI Arequeste d medica l and modellin g expert s t o revie wan d prepar e comment s o n th e documents . Becaus e o f th e pressur e o f othe r commitment s an d th e larg e numbe r o f technica l question s presente d b yth e docu
ments , i t i s unlikel ytha t thes e expert s wil l b e abl e t o complet e thei r wor k i n tim e fo r LI At o mee t th e May2 9 deadlin e fo r filing Comments . Sinc e th e tw o document s wil l hav e a strong bearing o n th e questio no f whethe r th e lead NAAQ S ar e t o b e revised , the y ar e o f considerabl e importanc e t o LIA' s member s an d i t i s essen tia l t o LI Atha t i t hav e an adequat e amoun t o f time i n whic ht o commen t o n them . Ashor t two-wee k extensio no f th e Commen t deadlin e shoul d no t interfer e materiall ywit hEPA' s regulatory proces s an

d w e therefor e respectfull yreques t tha t i t b e granted . Sincerel yyours , 

# farlt Edwi nH . Seege r